In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. There's a theme ...

The cast members of the new musical fusion show, Rock Me Amadeus, have done it again. They have mixed rock and pop songs with an opera aria into one musical casserole for the eyes and ears. As part of ...

Imagine a song. (After you’re done imagining Scatman John’s “Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop),” let me finish my prompt.) Imagine a song about legendary classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a ...

Forty years ago, on March 29, 1986, Austrian New Wave artist Falco made music history when his quirky, rapped synth-pop tune “Rock Me Amadeus” became the first-ever German-language song to top the ...

If you weren't around in the mid-80s, it might be difficult to understand what a huge celebrity Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was at the time. Bolland & Bolland wrote the song after watching the Amadeus ...

Streaming platforms for Philharmonix "Rock me Amadeus" haven’t been announced yet. Check back soon for updates on where you can watch it online.

A little-known Austrian artist died in a car crash on this day in 1998. Johann Holzel’s death didn’t make headlines in the United States, but in German-speaking countries, he was huge. He was here, ...